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Being acquainted with things that are really ancient, is an everyday experience for a geologist; fossils and other flotsam of […]
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It only takes a moment; the ups and downs of earthquakes
Seismic metaphors, or seismic as metaphor? Seismic, a word that geologists and geophysicists traditionally thought was reserved for their use,
Class 5; The falls and cataracts of Li Phi, southern Laos
I am of a generation that, at mention of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, I recall images of intense conflict, thankfully
Ediacara; Welcome to the revolutionary world of animals
Mistaken Point on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland (Canada) acquired its unfortunate reputation by fooling mariners. In a celebration of
A Watery Mars; Canals, a duped radio audience, and geological excursions
Deceptive news is the art of pulling wool over the eyes of the populace, a tool (recently resurrected by certain
Sand dunes but no beach; a Martian breeze
When James Hutton in 1785 presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh his ideas on the uniformity of earth processes (over
Comets; portents of doom or icy bits of space jetsam?
Omens, God’s wrath, or just plain misfortune; comets were seen by our Medieval forebears as a disturbance in the natural
Striped oceans and drifting continents
Continental Drift was the leading hypothesis for continental aggregation, prior to plate tectonics German meteorologist Alfred Wegener, in a fit
When North becomes South; The flip-side of earth’s magnetic field
Earth’s magnetic field is on the move – so too is magnetic North! Constancy in life is a comforting, if
Terroir-as
Among wine drinkers, the term Terroir can invoke glazed expressions, or in real enthusiasts an opportunity to wax lyrical about